The third coast : when Chicago built the American dream /
Much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to coast journey included a stop there, and this flow of people and commodities made it America's central clearinghouse, laboratory and factory. And even a...
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Main Author: |
Dyja, Tom
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Format: | Book
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Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Penguin Press,
[2013]
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